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New York Magazine has a brief interview with Sysan Batson, an acting coach that has taught Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and - yes - Diddy, among others. Here is what she had to say:
You trained P. Diddy for A Raisin in the Sun, after his inert performance in Monster�s Ball. Can you teach anyone to act?
If you know who I said �Don�t bother sending� to agents � Sean I could teach because the man has integrity, is very, very gifted, and is very smart. You have to have talent. Otherwise I really can�t work with you.
The New York Times has an article on interludes where Ryan Leslie talks about the fact that, while they recorded interludes for the album, it was decided to go interludeless.
But Ryan Leslie, a Bad Boy Records collaborator who produced the No. 1 R&B; hit �Me & U� for Cassie last summer, decided not to include interludes on Cassie�s self-titled debut album, which he also produced, even though several had been recorded. �Until we can train a new generation to get into the full creative vision of the artist, the need for interludes may be diminishing,� Mr. Leslie said. But �once we get people to say, �O.K., this artist is much more than a song,� like with a Stevie Wonder, I think you�ll see a resurgence.�
If you try to access the Bad Boy Records YouTube account, you are shown the following message:
This user account is suspended.
The BadBoyRecords account is still showing up in my favorites, but with 0 videos. Was it suspended by YouTube? Did Bad Boy request the closure in response to Richard Dearlove's recent accusations (that'd be kind of lame, to be honest)? We can only hope that it is temporary as it'd be a shame to lose the posted content.
Edit: Actually, a lot of the content is on MySpace Videos.
The Notorious B.I.G. graces the cover of the February 2007 issue of The Source.
Errol Louis at the New York Daily News did an article on G. Dep:
Dep sat down to talk with me last week � two days after getting released from jail � about the ups and downs that took him from the top of the music charts to a cell on Rikers Island. ...
I could hardly believe the quiet, wary man across the table from me was the same G. Dep who made the hip-hop classic "Special Delivery," which carried an infectious beat and a video that introduced the world to the wiggly dance called the Harlem Shake. ...
When I met him, Dep had just spent 23 days on Rikers after a Jan. 15 arrest for grabbing and breaking a display-model cell phone during an argument with a T-mobile salesman in a Manhattan store. Dep's bail was only $750, but he stayed in Rikers because he couldn't raise the cash � a sign of how far he'd tumbled since the heyday of the Harlem Shake. ...
I feel sorry for G. Dep. I like a lot of the music he produced at Bad Boy and it's unfortunate to see it work out like this.
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I was just reading the Wikipedia entry for " It's All About the Benjamins" and I saw this:
The song originated from a mixtape debuted by DJ Clue. This version of the song only featured Puff Daddy and the rap act The Lox (excluding Styles P).
Wondering where that came from, a Google search led me to this MTV article:
Besides shedding the first light on some of rap's biggest hits, like the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," the original version of Puff Daddy's "It's All About the Benjamins" and Jay-Z's "Ain't No N---a," Clue also gave the first dose of major exposure to some of today's biggest stars like Noreaga, Cam'ron, DMX, Fabolous, Mase, Ja Rule and the LOX via freestyles.
Next week, we'll be interviewing former Bad Boy artist Jerome Childers. Better known as Jerome or Lil' Jerome, his biggest mark was made on the single " Too Old for Me" off of "Bad Boy Greatest Hits, Volume 1". The track was remixed into the "Shorty & Nore Remix" which featured N.O.R.E. and Diddy and was given a video. There was also an "R&B; Remix".
He was also featured on the Belly soundtrack with "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer". Two lesser known singles, "No Disturb Sign" (featuring Heavy D and Diddy) and "Dear Ivette" were also released.
We'll be asking him about his time at Bad Boy as well as his departure. We'll also find out what he's been doing since then and what he's up to in the present. If you have any suggested questions, please feel free to let me know, via e-mail or comment on this entry. Thanks.
That's what Robin Leach is saying:
LUXE LIFE has just learned and can exclusively report that the mogul rapper has hired a helicopter from Rebel Helicopters here in Las Vegas for Saturday night and plans to fly high above the new Fantasy Tower at The Palms, the official host hotel of the All-Star Game and make his entrance by repelling into the opened retractable roof of the new Moon nightclub located at the top of the tower.
Greensleeves Records, the record label behind Elephant Man's first three albums, will be releasing Monsters of Dancehall: Elephant Man.
This is the ESSENTIAL Elephant Man album, which draws together all the BIG tunes from the self-proclaimed 'Energy God'. Prior to his recent signing to P Diddy's Bad Boy label and before his Atlantic album 'Good To Go', Greensleeves' released three Elephant Man albums: 'Comin' 4 You!', 'Log On' and 'Higher Level'. It was these albums that propelled Elephant Man to a worldwide audience and the tracks featured on this compilation come from that period. Most of which, have never appeared on an album before.
Via Dave Maher.
Not much is out there on one of Bad Boy's most recent signees, Baltimore rapper LOS. To fix that, we thought we'd sit down with him and get to know him a bit.
Before he was with Bad Boy, he was with Da Bloc, Inc., along with Skarr Akbar and D.R.O.P.
Where does the name LOS come from?
It�s actually my original name. It�s a nickname that�s been with me forever. People in my family call me LOS. That�s my name for real, it�s not made up, it�s not an acronym.
What�s it short for?
Carlos.
How did you meet up with Diddy?
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